[Trinity_Tx]

" a good start would be a Fair Tax scheme to eliminate some of the economical incentives. See my post #486."

Well, now there's a decent answer... dunno how I missed it.

Quote #486:

"It would abolish income taxes & SS deductions for a 20% [or more] federal sales tax on EVERY new product or service, even food/clothes/etc.

Illegals would have to pay the tax, but they would not be reimbursed, as would citizens.
In effect an illegals cost of living would go up by whatever the individual tax rebate would set at. For illegals with families, it would probably price them out of our labor market."

I like it. Best answer to the economic problem so far, IMHO.

Though I'd still be looking for a way for the gov't to do it's job protecting our borders from our enemies...

[tpaine]

#486: "It would abolish income taxes & SS deductions for a 20% [or more] federal sales tax on EVERY new product or service, even food/clothes/etc. Illegals would have to pay the tax, but they would not be reimbursed, as would citizens.

In effect an illegals cost of living would go up by whatever the individual tax rebate would be set at. For illegals with families, it would probably price them out of our labor market."

I like it. Best answer to the economic problem so far, IMHO.
Though I'd still be looking for a way for the gov't to do it's job protecting our borders from our enemies...

Without millions of Mexicans pouring over the borders, maybe our Border Patrol could concentrate a bit more on keeping out the bad guys?